sugar was dumping a lot of overflow in effect and jeopardizing the everglades.s had a pretty positive record even when he was governor previously. >> well, about the sugar industry, got some flack about some hunting trip he took with u.s. sugar's lodge. a big donor to scott, has been a big donor to scott but when you consider the phosphorus pollution the sugar industry has caused in the everglades allegedly what does this say about his political and environmental intentions? >> well, he took this political junket and his defense was, oh, i didn't spend taxpayer money because i took my own private jet. but what's interesting is he then appointed one of the vice presidents of this ranch in texas to one of the most sensitive boards to the environment in florida, south florida water management district. because of its effect on the everglades. so he did that. he also did something else. what he did was he decided to tell u.s. shug, hey, you have a economic responsibility to restore the everglades and the places polluted by your own admission, to restore it to its na

every floridian, anybody who enjoys the sun, surf, the florida keys, the florida everglades, the springscentral florida, appreciate and to a certain extent are environmentalists. the key here is what can the florida governor do to impact and protect our environment that's so intertwined with our economy? if you compare charlie crist's record against rick scott's record, charlie crist invested some $8 million in everglades and springs, florida springs cleanup. rick scott, on the other hand, put in $100 million investment in the continuation of the restoration of the everglades which is all important from a variety of reasons. the florida springs in the central part of the state improved the florida keys. so he has, in fact, a far better environmental record than the previous governor did. stuart: how does he do it legally? if i went down to florida and put $10 million into a campaign, i know perfectly well, that is flat-out illegal, how does tom steyer do it? >> through a variety of -- they're not called pacs or 527's now. same with the swift boat scenario. but the bottom line is they can

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i'm looking at how he saved places, like the everglades and big ben, king's canyon, the olympics, all over america. i once wrote a book on theodore roosevelt and conservation. this is a companion volume, looking at f.d.r. and the new deal and how it put so much effort into the land, where all of our top soil had blown away. i deal with a lot of agriculture and interior department issues in the 1930's and 1940's. host: who is your co-editor, luke nichter? guest: he worked at span spafpblet he's from my same home toufpble he's a professor at texas a&m. i am one at rice. when i was doing a book dealing with john kerry and the vietnam war, luke helped me find some of these conversations, because he's running a nixon tapes project. he's trying to crans scribe all this. and he pointed me in the right direction, and then i was doing some work on walter cronkite, and pointed me in the right direction of a conversation between nixon and chuck colson regarding con cry. as we got to know each other, become friends, the idea was, look, this stuff is just unbelievable. luke has a better access to

i hope it doesn't take the loss in maryland or the washing away of the everglades or dust bowls to become the regular in our bread basket in this country before we act on this critical issue. i thank the administration for taking action. i hope congress will take action to be your partner in making the reality of america's leadership on global climate change what is desperately needed. >> thank you, senator. thank you for being here. very nice to see you. there's so many problems that have been pointed out already by my colleagues with the existing source carbon rule that it's hard to know where to begin. first there's the issue of the impossible efficiency requirements that will replace some power plants. then there's the question of what should happen with the standard, the compliance for coal plants and how they're supposed to achieve reductions without going belly up. and how epa plans to enforce the rule and to what extent the agency will be allowed to tweak the state's plan if it's not making the progress that it needs to be made during the decade-long compliance period. these are v

i'm looking at how he saved places, like the everglades and big ben, king's canyon, the olympics, all over america. i once wrote a book on theodore roosevelt and conservation. this is a companion volume, looking at f.d.r. and the new deal and how it put so much effort into the land, where all of our top soil had blown away. i deal with a lot of agriculture and interior department issues in the 1930's and 1940's. host: who is your co-editor, luke nichter? guest: he worked at span spafpblet he's from my same home toufpble he's a professor at texas a&m. i am one at rice. when i was doing a book dealing with john kerry and the vietnam war, luke helped me find some of these conversations, because he's running a nixon tapes project. he's trying to crans scribe all this. and he pointed me in the right direction, and then i was doing some work on walter cronkite, and pointed me in the right direction of a conversation between nixon and chuck colson regarding con cry. as we got to know each other, become friends, the idea was, look, this stuff is just unbelievable. luke has a better access to

i'm looking at how he saved places, like the everglades and big ben, king's canyon, the olympics, allr america. i once wrote a book on theodore roosevelt and conservation. this is a companion volume, looking at f.d.r. and the new deal and how it put so much effort into the land, where all of our top soil had blown away. i deal with a lot of agriculture and interior department issues in the 1930's and 1940's. host: who is your co-editor, luke nichter? guest: he worked at span spafpblet he's from my same home toufpble he's a professor at texas a&m. i am one at rice. when i was doing a book dealing with john kerry and the vietnam war, luke helped me find some of these conversations, because he's running a nixon tapes project. he's trying to crans scribe all this. and he pointed me in the right direction, and then i was doing some work on walter cronkite, and pointed me in the right direction of a conversation between nixon and chuck colson regarding con cry. as we got to know each other, become friends, the idea was, look, this stuff is just unbelievable. luke has a better access to this

. >> you know, keir, the u.s., with valujet going into the everglades destroyed the company.earance and a shootdown that have literally caused an international incident in both cases. you just wonder if they -- even if they survive, do they rebrand? do they rename? what do they do to make flyers a little less skittish. i don't know that i'd be getting on a plane called malaysian air right now and i fly a lot. >> reporter: right. passenger numbers are down about 11% they say in a year. what they are doing, joe, is they are taking the company basically back into state ownership. they are buying shares from shareholders. frankly, the reason why they're doing that is because they want to keep malaysia airlines going even while making enormous losses in the hope that down the line they can get it back on track. >> keir simmons, thank you so much. we always love having you on. we kind of wish we were in london because if we were in london, we wouldn't have to wake up at 4:00 a.m. to do this show. so maybe we'll see you over there sometime. "morning joe" starting at 11:00 or 12:00.

there is currently an infestation of pythons in florida in the everglades these snakes can lay up to! >> wow. >> they really are great for breakfast. >> hide the colonel. >> also from florida, the orlando sentinel. a 9-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after surviving an attack from a nine-foot long, 85-pound alligator. this is our florida block. >> my lord! >> the boy says he was swimming in a lake when he felt something latch on to his leg. he was able to hit the gator and causing it to let go and allowed him to swim to shore. doctors treated him for three different bites. 30 teeth marks. scratches as well and removed a gator tooth from one of the wounds. left a tooth in the boy! >> wow. >> the 9-year-old is expected to make a full recovery. >> you're supposed to punch it in the snout. >> i think he did. the kit jacked him in the snout and saved his own life. >> shark week started last night. i don't know if that is big around your house. >> oh, yeah. >> but at my house, it's huge. >> it keeps getting better. >> kate and jack, jack is a little scared by it all at 6. but he's hangin

the superintendent of the everglades national park gave me a book called "the swamp" to read because i'm going to read because now as senior democrat on resources, i'm dealing more and more with park issues. another book on the grand canyon where i was hiking in february was recommended called "polishing the jewel," so that's on the list. and then when i'm done with work reading, i relax. i know there's a couple of craig johnson's books that i haven't read, longmire series, those are great. lee childs, i'm still working through all the jack reacher books, and james lee burke is always a favorite of mine too. so and then who knows what else i'll stumble over. one of the few stores in the world that i can't come out of without purchasing something is the bookstore. >> what are you reading this summer? tell us what's on your summer reading list. tweet us, @booktv, post it to our facebook page or send us an e-mail, booktv@c-span.org. >> tavis smiley, april 1967, martin luther king. what was he doing the year before his death? >> april 4, 1967, to be exact, peter, he's here in new york wh